CORTIS “Disrespect” Popular Female Artist In New Song, Hit With Brutal Backlash

CORTIS’s newest song is causing a major stir among netizens for allegedly disrespecting popular female singer HANRORO.

The track, “MONEYMONEYMONEY,” was performed for the first time at PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN BIRTHDAY PARTY in Seoul this weekend, and one lyric in particular has sparked intense backlash: “I want to be someone who makes money while having fun, Pororo / Adding 0 after 0 in my bank account, HANRORO.”

Even if they made it private, the fact that CORTIS did this doesn’t change..ㅠㅠ

— X user

비공개돌려봤자 코르티스가 이랬다는건 안변함..ㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/F1P106CwcH

— 콩둥이 (@k7iiAce) August 22, 2026

On the surface, the line references CORTIS’s rise to riches, but the lyrics are also a play on HANRORO’s song “0+0.”

Given the deeper meaning of the track, Korean netizens are slamming the shout-out as “disrespectful.”

A shout-out is usually something you do to show respect, but isn’t it true that slapping someone’s name into a rhyme that isn’t even funny and just sticking random words onto it is disrespectful?

— X user

샤라웃이라는 건 보통 리스펙할 때 하는 건데 재미도 없는 라임에 아무 말이나 써갖다 붙이는 건 예의가 아닌 게 맞죠?

— 톨민정 (@rknnnnioo) August 22, 2026

I’m annoyed that they acted disrespectfully toward another artist, but all the quote reactions are like “this is so fucking funny, aren’t they a genius?” << and that made me even more annoyed…

— X user

타 아티스트한테 무례하게 행동한 것도 짜증난데
인용 반응이 싹 다 ㅈㄴ웃기다 천재아님? << 이런 반응이라서 더 짜증낫음… pic.twitter.com/UfiYGmanAN

— 부기 (@tomat__orange) August 22, 2026

How much longer are they going to keep putting out songs that are basically cyber-trash?

— X user

대체 언제까지 사이버쓰레기같은노래 낼거임

— 설뫄 (@xogusk2) August 22, 2026

If you don’t think this is rude, maybe start questioning whether your intelligence is even at a human level.

— X user

이게 안 무례하다고 느껴지면 지능이 사람의 수준인지 의심좀 해보셈

— ㄷㅇ (@youwi11bemine) August 22, 2026

The title of “0+0” is often interpreted as referring to feeling like “zero” and having little to offer, while the song’s lyrics offer a message of hope to those in that position. In an interview, HANRORO explained, “‘I’m not going to leave you, and you feel the same way, right?’ Something along those lines. That’s the kind of thing I was trying to express.”

It was already rude to put her name in there like that, but what really shocked me was the way they used the song “0+0.” Do they even know what this song was trying to convey when it was made?

— X user

저런식으로 이름 석자 박은것도 무례한데
‘0+0’ 이라는 노래를 저렇게 소비한게 충격이었음
이 곡이 뭘 전하려고 만든 노랜지 알기나 할까 pic.twitter.com/bCFFkBfzg9

— 여운 (@bmtxb) August 22, 2026

As a result, many see CORTIS’s reference to the song in a completely different context as rude and dismissive of the song’s meaning. Others are going deeper, accusing the group of misogynistic behavior toward HANRORO.

Just like a typical ‘hannam,’ the easy target is a female singer.

— X user

한남답게 만만한게 여자가수

— 달코미감귤 (@djdjbumpthis) August 22, 2026

It feels like deep down they’re the kind of ‘hannams’ who sit around writing lyrics like this and giggling among themselves, and it makes me feel like shit. Seriously…

— X user

쟤네 내면에
지들끼리 이런 가사 쓰면서 낄낄대는 한남 자아가 있다는게 느껴져서 기분이 개같애 진짜…

— 따식이 (@ddongnyamkoong) August 22, 2026

Wow, they really sound just like typical Korean teenage boys.

— X user

와 진짜 한국 10대 남자 청소년답다

— 건적 (@gunjeok_zz) August 22, 2026

​On the flip side, international fans have pushed back at the allegations, with many viewing the line as a harmless reference rather than a dig at HANRORO.

I’m absolutely sure that Cortis and HANRORO don’t feel any hatred toward each other, and Cortis definitely didn’t make a diss track about her. Why are these people already offended on their behalf and demanding things? pic.twitter.com/rwbdJpwlH3

— ian (@KkmMkkm66933) August 22, 2026

context: one of the line in moneymoneymoney goes “stacking up zeros to my bank account like hanroro”. just cuz hanroro has a song called 0+0. and in cortis original lyrics they were just flexing about how much money (zeros) they have in their bank account. i see no harm at all…

— nina☆ (@thatsofye) August 22, 2026

tablo was right cortis is raw artist that conservative people can’t handle this is first time kr people have someone like cortis and they want to control them and some of u are helping them supporting this if u think this song is dis genuinely do you all listen rappers ??

— ⭐ (@koesweetner) August 22, 2026